AI Automation Solution Lead

Optus; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Flexible work options

Employee discounts

On-site facilities

Job summary

Optus is seeking an AI Automation Solution Lead to shape AI-powered automation across OSS. You will design secure, scalable solutions and lead cross-functional teams to improve operational efficiency and customer outcomes.

You will drive discovery, design, and delivery, partner with architecture, security, data, and operations, and champion best practices including TDD, governance, and responsible AI. Flexible hybrid work is available.

Qualifications

• Experience leading AI/automation initiatives in complex enterprise environments.
• Translate business and operational requirements into scalable AI solutions.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, data, operations, and vendor teams to drive delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, design, and delivery of AI-enabled automation solutions across OSS domains.
• Translate requirements into scalable AI workflows using APIs, orchestration, and reusable services.
• Partner with architecture, engineering, security, data, and operations teams to drive adoption and governance.
• Establish engineering best practices including test-driven development, observability, and responsible AI.

Skills

APIs

Workflow orchestration

Cloud architectures

CI/CD practices

LLM integrations

Prompt engineering

Agentic workflows

AI governance

Stakeholder leadership

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Job description

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

As the AI Automation Solution Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how AI and automation transform Optus operations. Working across our OSS environment, you will design and deliver secure, scalable, and reusable AI-powered solutions that improve operational efficiency, decision-making, and customer outcomes. This is an opportunity for a technically strong leader who enjoys solving complex business challenges through automation, AI innovation, and cross-functional collaboration.

What You’ll Do

Lead the discovery, design, and delivery of AI-enabled automation solutions that improve operational workflows, intelligence, and service outcomes across OSS domains.

Translate business and operational requirements into scalable solutions using AI technologies, workflow orchestration, APIs, agentic workflows, and reusable automation services.

Partner with architecture, engineering, security, data, operations, and vendor teams to drive successful delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement of AI automation capabilities.

Establish and champion engineering best practices including test-driven development, responsible AI principles, observability, governance, and operational readiness.

What You Bring

Experience leading technology, automation, software engineering, OSS, integration, or AI-driven solution delivery initiatives within complex enterprise environments.

Strong technical expertise across APIs, workflow orchestration, cloud-based architectures, CI/CD practices, and modern software engineering methodologies.

Hands‑on experience with AI technologies including LLM integrations, prompt engineering, agentic workflows, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and responsible AI frameworks.

Excellent stakeholder engagement and leadership skills, with the ability to guide cross‑functional teams, influence senior leaders, and translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.

The good stuff….

Competitive remuneration and employee discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and unique shopping discounts with our retail partners.

Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.

Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, convenience store, chill out zones, GP, post office, gym and on‑site childcare centre.

Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected’ days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever’s important to you.

We support growing families with inclusive, carer‑neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.

Build meaningful connections through employee‑led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).

Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in‑person, by phone, SMS, or video.

Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email***************@optus.com.auor call 1800 309 ***.